Feed mechanism for clothes-wringers



P. H. SCHENDLER. FEED MECHANISM FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS. APPLICATION FILED DEC.3, 1 919.

1,355,006. Patented Oct. 5, 1920 a citizen of the United UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL H. SCHENDLER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

1,355,ooe.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed December 3, 1919.' Serial No. 342,119.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL H. SOHENDLER, States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed Mechanism for Clothes-Wringer; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to clothes wringers, and the object thereof is to provide mechanism adapted to feed the cloth to the rollers of a clothes wringer so that it will not be necessary to use the fingers for that purpose, thus eliminating the danger of the fingers of the operator being caught and drawn between the rollers.

That this danger is real will be under i stood by those who use clothes wringers ers will revolve in unison which are operated by mechanical power. Another object of my invention is to so construct such a feeding mechanism that it can easily be changed from one side of the wringer to the opposite side, which is highly desirable with power driven wringers, as it is frequently necessary-to reverse the direction of rotation of the rollers, and feed from the opposite side.

In my former Patent No. 1,230,228 dated June 19, 1917, I show and describe mechanism for feeding a clothes wringer, but there are certain difficulties incident to the construction therein shown and described, which I have overcome in the present invention.

In carrying out my present invention I suspend on the side of the wringer frame a stationary plate upon which is placed a sliding plate which is adapted to slide toward the meeting point of the 'two rollers and to recede backward therefrom; and mounted under the stationary plate are rollers which contact against the lower of the two wringer rollers so that as the wringer rollers revolve, the rollers contactingwith the wringer roll? therewith; and l connect the sliding plate with said contact-v ing rollers by means of pitmans so that the sliding plate is caused to slide toward and from the wringer rollers.

- plate These and other features of my present lnventlon are hereinafter described and pointed out and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1, is a side elevation of a clothes wringer having my improved feeding mechanism in place thereon. 7

Fig. 2, is a transverse section thereof on the line 11 in Fig. 1.

In these drawings A A indicate the end posts of a clothes wringer of'ordinary construction, and B B indicate the rollers of the wrm er. C is a sta-tionaryplate which has ears C, which are provided with keyhole openings 0 which are adapted to hook over screws or studs D secured in the end posts A A so that the plate C can be readily put in place on the wringer or removed therefrom.

Projecting downwardly from the plate C are cars E E in which is journaled a rod F/ on the ends of which are secured rollers E E which rest against the lower wringer roller B and support the plate C. Upon the plate C is a slidable feed plate F which is provided with ears F F which project downwardly through transverse slots 0 in the stationary plate C and serve to guide the F. The cars F F on the feed-plate F and the rollers E E are connected by means of pitmans G so that as the rollers E are caused to rotate by reason of thiscontact with the lower wringer roller B thefeed plate F is caused to reciprocate toward and from the wringer rollers, and as the plate F moves forward toward the rollers it will tuck the edge of a garment between the wringer rollers, thereby eliminating the necessity of using the fingers for that purose. I) To further guard against accident I have provided a guard roller H which is pivoted inears H on the ends of the stationary plate C, said roller H being so positioned that it is directly in the path of the operators hand, if moved toward the wringer rollers; and the roller H also acts to hold the garments off of the feeding plate F and renders their passage thereover easy. J indicates an olfbearing board, which, like the feeding device heretofore described, can be shifted to either side of the wringer. It is interchangeable with the said feeding device. To insure the traction of the rollers E on the lower wringer roller B I provide springs K which tend to pull the plate C downward so that the rollers E are thereby pressed against the lower wringer roller.

From the foregoing description, and the illustration of the drawings, it will be evi same What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is 1. In a device of the class described, a stationary plate, means to removably secure the same on a clothes wringer frame adj acent to the intake-side of the wringer rollers, a slidable feed-plate upon said stationary plate, and traction mechanism operated by one of the Wringer rollers to' cause said feed-plate to reciprocate toward and from said wringer rollers.

, 2. In a deviceof the class described, a stationary plate, means to removably secure the same on a wringer frame, a slidable feedplate upon said stationary plate, rollers mounted under said stationary plate and contacting with the lower roller of the wringer and pitmans actuated thereby to operate said feeding-plate, substantiallyas set forth.

3. In a device of the class described, a bracket plate, a slidable plate on said bracket plate, a shaft under said bracket plate, Wheels on said shaft, pitmans pivoted eccentrically to said wheels, and to said feeding plate, substantially as set forth.

4. In a device of the class described, a bracket plate, a slidable feed plate on said bracket plate, means to actuate said slidable plate, and a guard roller above said slidable plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

PAUL H. SGHENDLER. 

